RE: Statistics - was RE: [GZG] Re: laser classes

[Doug Evans <devans@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You know, I'll admit I gave up before, but let me try this.

With two dice, you have better chance of starting that string of sixes; not
HUGELY better, but better.

Does that work? It's what I was saying before, but I let it get clouded in
the smaller case of boxcars.

So, the chance for the first six is not one in six, but eleven in
thirty-six, not quite one in three. One of those eleven is the boxcar case,
so that in the one in thirty-six total, and in eleven of at least one six
rolled, chance, the next roll of two dice is not quite one in three. I
think calculus is needed, as this seems to be approaching a limit of
doubling your chances.

Ok, it doesn't require calc, but I don't want to work it out. ;->=

The_Beast

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